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CC : Durham v Warwickshire


Nice to see the book shop open again. Just a heads-up, avoid engaging in a conversation with the good hearted ladies who seem to 'run' it. I picked up a copy of an Australian version of Wisden off the shelves and was she said wasn't sure whether it, and two others, were for sale. Odd to have books in a bookshop that aren't for sale? I got an explanation that ended about 5 minutes with her telling me that her sister was going to hospital on Monday for an operation and that she had to drive her there. I'd seen two other books I was definately going to buy but forgot about them.
 
Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan said:
Nice to see the book shop open again. Just a heads-up, avoid engaging in a conversation with the good hearted ladies who seem to 'run' it. I picked up a copy of an Australian version of Wisden off the shelves and was she said wasn't sure whether it, and two others, were for sale. Odd to have books in a bookshop that aren't for sale? I got an explanation that ended about 5 minutes with her telling me that her sister was going to hospital on Monday for an operation and that she had to drive her there. I'd seen two other books I was definately going to buy but forgot about them.
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Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan said:
Nice to see the book shop open again. Just a heads-up, avoid engaging in a conversation with the good hearted ladies who seem to 'run' it. I picked up a copy of an Australian version of Wisden off the shelves and was she said wasn't sure whether it, and two others, were for sale. Odd to have books in a bookshop that aren't for sale? I got an explanation that ended about 5 minutes with her telling me that her sister was going to hospital on Monday for an operation and that she had to drive her there. I'd seen two other books I was definately going to buy but forgot about them.
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:lol: Haha yes similar happened to me. Couldnt shut her up. Nice lady though.
Picked up Beyond the Boundary for 50p which I somehow have never read
 
Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan said:
Nice to see the book shop open again. Just a heads-up, avoid engaging in a conversation with the good hearted ladies who seem to 'run' it. I picked up a copy of an Australian version of Wisden off the shelves and was she said wasn't sure whether it, and two others, were for sale. Odd to have books in a bookshop that aren't for sale? I got an explanation that ended about 5 minutes with her telling me that her sister was going to hospital on Monday for an operation and that she had to drive her there. I'd seen two other books I was definately going to buy but forgot about them.
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Think you were stood in front of me, definitely heard that conversation as I was spending a cool £2 on Mark Ramprakash's autobiography :lol:
 
The Breen Machine said:
Think you were stood in front of me, definitely heard that conversation as I was spending a cool £2 on Mark Ramprakash's autobiography :lol:
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I have no idea how the pricing works either. The lady was explaining to somone else a few minutes earlier about how the books were all donated and that they couldn't charge a price for them, only donations. Or something like that. £2 seemed to be a common theme but then another lady wanted to 'charge' me £2.50 for each of the two books I'd chosen. I was wandering around trying to have a proper look at some decent books in all fairness and 'my' chosen books were taken off me by her whilst I continued browsing. I daren't ever go back in. I might have to ask someone else to go in for me and get 'The Wisden guide to cricket grounds' if no-one else has snagged it. A most queer setup.
 
Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan said:
Nice to see the book shop open again. Just a heads-up, avoid engaging in a conversation with the good hearted ladies who seem to 'run' it. I picked up a copy of an Australian version of Wisden off the shelves and was she said wasn't sure whether it, and two others, were for sale. Odd to have books in a bookshop that aren't for sale? I got an explanation that ended about 5 minutes with her telling me that her sister was going to hospital on Monday for an operation and that she had to drive her there. I'd seen two other books I was definately going to buy but forgot about them.
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MustardAndOnions said:
:lol: Haha yes similar happened to me. Couldnt shut her up. Nice lady though.
Picked up Beyond the Boundary for 50p which I somehow have never read
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The Breen Machine said:
Think you were stood in front of me, definitely heard that conversation as I was spending a cool £2 on Mark Ramprakash's autobiography :lol:
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Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan said:
I have no idea how the pricing works either. The lady was explaining to somone else a few minutes earlier about how the books were all donated and that they couldn't charge a price for them, only donations. Or something like that. £2 seemed to be a common theme but then another lady wanted to 'charge' me £2.50 for each of the two books I'd chosen. I was wandering around trying to have a proper look at some decent books in all fairness and 'my' chosen books were taken off me by her whilst I continued browsing. I daren't ever go back in. I might have to ask someone else to go in for me and get 'The Wisden guide to cricket grounds' if no-one else has snagged it. A most queer setup.
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I must have got lucky, one of the blokes in there was great with me and just left me to it. I was confused on the pricing system too, I thought you just decided what to donate and was then told that "those ones are £2" - I was happy enough as I was going to donate a fiver 😂
 
The Breen Machine said:
I must have got lucky, one of the blokes in there was great with me and just left me to it. I was confused on the pricing system too, I thought you just decided what to donate and was then told that "those ones are £2" - I was happy enough as I was going to donate a fiver 😂
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I only briefly popped in on Friday and then spent most of my time talking to Ian who runs the Travel Club. From what I could see most lot of the stock appeared to be from the days when it was CC books when they all had the 'price' pencilled in ie £4.50 for a rare book by the old Aussie commentator Alan McGilvrey which I was looking at or £2 for one of Dickie Bird's many autobiographies.

I heard one of the ladies telling someone it was six years since they were last selling the books. How time flies.
 
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One of these lol

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It was the lady in the centre that talked at me.
The Red Telephone said:
I only briefly popped in on Friday and then spent most of my time talking to Ian who runs the Travel Club. From what I could see most lot of the stock appeared to be from the days when it was CC books when they all had the 'price' pencilled in ie £4.50 for a rare book by the old Aussie commentator Alan McGilvrey which I was looking at or £2 for one of Dickie Bird's many autobiographies.

I heard one of the ladies telling someone it was six years since they were last selling the books. How time flies.
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I got the whole 'They've been in storage for six years but thankfully it was dry........ " patter too.
 
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